The Learning and Knowledge Analytics 2011 course (#LAK11) came to a close last Friday. It has been another wonderful massive open online course (MOOC), in which I learned quite a bit about the burgeoning areas of educational analytics, big data, and social network analysis. The MOOC speaker list identified key players in these spaces, thereby […]
Visualizing Academic Data
I am reflecting on Learning and Knowledge Analytics Week 4: Tools for, and examples of, analytics. I have fallen a bit behind in the course, but hope to still complete the last two weeks. Although data analytics seem to have penetrated the world of business quite dramatically, they do not seem to have had as […]
LAK11 Week 3: Semantic Web, Linked Data, & Intelligent Curriculum
The Linking Open Data cloud diagram / Work found at http://richard.cyganiak.de/2007/10/lod/ / CC BY-SA 3.0 “Everything in the entire world that you can name or address is going to need a page.” http://vimeo.com/11529540 We are almost there. Nearly everything we know in this world is represented in some way on the internet. The next step […]
Playing with Video Street View
I just couldn’t resist blogging about this Wednesday morning find! I often use Google Maps to explore maps or find places. When Google Maps launched street view I was able to explore cities I had never been to, return to places I have been in the past, and check out places that were very familiar […]
Welcome Students! Be sure to check out the Guide for New Students!
A hearty welcome back to students and staff! There is a vibrant energy on the campus as people start trickling back and registration kicks off. We wanted to share one of most recent popular resources, the Guide for First Year